Seats Reserved For PWD Category Candidates Cannot Be Sub-Classified On The Basis Of Caste: Gauhati High Court

In a significant judgment, the Gauhati High Court has held that physically handicapped persons constitute a category in themselves. There can be no further classification amongst the members of that category on the basis of other considerations like caste, creed, religion etc. While granting relief to the petitioner, who was excluded from the recruitment drive conducted by the...

Uphaar Fire Tragedy: Delhi High Court Dismisses Ansal Brothers' Pleas Seeking Suspension Of Sentence In Evidence Tampering Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the pleas filed by real estate barons, Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal, seeking suspension of their seven-year jail term in the evidence tampering case in connection with the Uphaar fire tragedy that happened in the year 1997.Justice Subramonium Prasad however allowed the petition filed by Anoop Singh Karayat. The Court passed the order after reserving...

'Candidates Will Have To Make A Choice': Gauhati High Court Dismisses Plea To Change APSC Mains Exam Date Clashing With UPSC IFS Exam

The Gauhati High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking change in the schedule of the Assam Public Service Commission (Mains) examination, as the same is clashing with the UPSC Indian Forest Service (IFS) examination, to be held on 27.02.2022.The division Bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Soumitra Saikia noted that APSC has bonafide, practical reasons to not change the dates...

Kerala Co-operative Societies Act | Section 68(1) Includes Inquiry Conducted By Vigilance Officer : High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that an inquiry under Section 68(1) of the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act includes the inquiry conducted by the Vigilance Officer appointed under Section 68A of the Act, and that it does not have to be necessarily be done by the Joint Registrar (General) of Cooperative Societies himself. A Division Bench comprising Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar and Justice...

"State Acquiring Private Land Without Payment Of Full Compensation Is Not Acceptable": High Court Imposes 10L Exemplary Cost On J&K Govt

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the State cannot be permitted to acquire private lands without paying full compensation to affected people for a very long period of time. While coming down heavily upon the lackadaisical behaviour of the State, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Sanjay Dhar observed, "It is an alarming...

Pondicherry Courts Can't Pass Orders On French Civil Code Or Otherwise Without Verifying Original Civil Court Records: Madras High Court

Criticising an additional sub court in Pondicherry for issuing directions on making alterations in the marriage register without verifying the original documents, Madras High Court observed that courts cannot pass orders without proper enquiry and by solely relying upon the copies of the documents presented by the litigants.The single-judge bench of Justice S.M Subramaniam was hearing the...

All NCDRC Benches To Conduct Only Physical Hearings From Feb 21 Onwards

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has resolved that all its Benches shall conduct only physical hearings from February 21, 2022 onwards. It was also specified that alternate forms of hearings such as virtual court proceedings and hybrid hearings would also remain suspended February 21 onwards.The notification dated February 15, 2022 issued by the Joint Registrar...

Supreme Court Stays NGT's Order Of Imposing Around 9 Crore Cost On RICO For Causing Damage To Environment

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed NGT's order imposing on Rajasthan State Industrial Development & Investment Corporation Limited a penalty of around Rs 9 crore as compensation for causing damage to the environment.The bench of Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari while issuing notice in the appeal assailing NGT's order dated October 29, 2021 in their order said, "Issue notice....

Condition To Pre-Deposit 50% Amount To Challenge NCDRC Order Not Applicable To Complaints Filed Before Consumer Protection Act 2019 : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that the onerous condition of payment of 50% of the amount awarded to file appeal against NCDRC order will not be applicable to the complaints filed prior to the commencement of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.The consumer complaint, in this case, was filed before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission before the 2019 Act came into force. But the...

Actor Assault Case: Survivor Seeks To Be Heard In Dileep's Plea Before Kerala High Court Against Further Probe

The plot thickens in the 2017 sexual assault case as developments ensued before the Kerala High Court on Tuesday as the survivor in the case filed an impleading petition in the plea moved by actor Dileep seeking to suspend further investigation into the 2017 case. Upon the actress seeking to be heard in the matter, Justice Kauser Edappagath adjourned the case to be called on February 21. In...

PIL Seeking Ban On Using Of Loud-Speakers In Mosques: Gujarat High Court Issues Notice To State Govt

The Gujarat High Court today issued notice to the Gujarat Government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a direction to the state government to take appropriate measures for banning the use of loudspeakers in mosques all over the State.The bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J. Shastri issued the notice on a plea moved by one Dharmendra Vishnubhai Prajapati,...

Maharashtra Govt's CCTV Project In Police Stations A 'Farce', Rs 60 Cr Wasted : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday expressed its displeasure over a report submitted by the Maharashtra government on the status of installation of CCTV cameras inside police stations across the state and said the whole process was a farce and the money allotted for the project has been wasted.A division bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and M N Jadhav had last week sought a report from...